Mano Khalil

Mano Khalil is a Kurdish-Swiss film director living in Switzerland.[1] He studied history and law at Damascus University and moved to Czechoslovakia in 1987 to study fiction and film direction. Between 1990 and 1995 he worked as an independent film director for Czechoslovak and later for Slovak Television. Since 1996, he has lived in Switzerland, working as an independent film director and producer.[2]

Filmography
  • 1990 My God, Fiction.16mm, 20Min.Czechoslovakian TV.
  • 1992 The place where god sleeps, doc.16mm, 30Min.Czechoslovakian TV.
  • 1995 Kino-ocko (Kino eye), Doc.16mm, 20Min Slovak TV.
  • 1999 Triumph of Iron, Fiction, Beta SP, 31 Min.
  • 2003 Colorful dreams, Fiction 52 Min.coproduction Swiss TV SF.
  • 2005 Al-Anfal, in the name of Allah, Baath and Saddam
  • 2007 David der Tolhildan, Documentary, 54 Min. co production with Swiss TV SF, TSR, TSI.
  • 2009 My Prison, my Home, Documentary 33 Min.
  • 2010 Our Garden of Eden, Documentary film 97 Min. Swiss TV SF, TSR, RSI and German TV 3 Sat. 2010 Production: Frame Film, Production contry: Switzerland.
  • 2013 Der Imker, Documentary, 105 Min. Production: Frame Film, Production contry: Switzerland.
  • 2016 Die Schwalbe, fiction, 102 Min. columbus films. fiction. Production: Frame Film, Production contry: Switzerland.
  • 2018 Hafis & Mara Dokumentary 88 Min. Production: Frame Film, Production contry: Switzerland.
  • 2021 Neighbours, fiction. Production: Frame Film, Production contry: Switzerland.

== Prizes == Nominations

  • 2016 "The Swallow", Nomination for Bern Film Award best feature film
  • 2014 "The Beekeeper", Nomination for Swiss Film Award best documentary film
  • 2013 "The Beekeeper", Nomination for Bern Film Award best documentary film
  • 2012 "Our Garden of Eden", Nomination for Bernese Film Award best documentary film
  • 2011 "Our Garden of Eden", Nomination for Swiss Film Award best documentary film
  • 2000 "Triumph of Iron", Nomination for Swiss Film Award best short film

Awards

  • 2018 "Hafis & Mara", appreciation award of the city of Freistadt, Austria
  • 2017 "The Swallow", award for the best film in Kurdistan Int. Film Festival Arbil.
  • 2016 "The Swallow", Duhok City Award, Duhok International Film Festival.
  • 2016 "The Swallow", Euroregio Jury Award, Bolzano Film Festival.
  • 2016 "The Swallow", Special Mention, Int. Jury Bolzano Film Festival.
  • 2016 "The Swallow", Microcosmos Jury Award, Lessinia Film Festival.
  • 2014 "The Beekeeper", Bozcaada Documentary Int. Film Festival, Second Prize.
  • 2014 "The Beekeeper", Bolzano Film Festival, Best Documentary Film Award.
  • 2013 "The Beekeeper", Film Festival della Lessinia, Lessinia d'Argento
  • 2013 "The Beekeeper", Duhok International Film Festival, Best Kurdish Documentary Film
  • 2013 "The Beekeeper", Freistadt, Der Neue Heimatfilm, Audience Award
  • 2013 "The Beekeeper", Munich, DOK.fest Munich, VIKTOR DOK.Deutsch Award
  • 2013 "The Beekeeper", Solothurn, Solothurn Film Festival, Prix de Soleure
  • 2011 "Our Garden of Eden," CIVIS European Media Prize, Bruxelles-Best Film
  • 2011 "Our Garden of Eden", Berner Filmpreis, best documentary film
  • 2001 SSA (Société Suisse des Auteurs) award for script development.
  • 1993 "Where God Sleeps", award for the best film in Augsburg Germany
  • 1993 "Where God Sleeps", scholarship award of the 1993 Mercedes Benz Augsburg Film

Festival.

References
  1. Pankhania, Madhvi (11 June 2015). "Mano Khalil: Refugees are like you – they have children, they cry, they laugh". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. "Film director biography". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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